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Tactile agnosia and tactile apraxia: Cross talk between the action and perception streams in the anterior intraparietal area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2007

Ferdinand Binkofski
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Neuroimage Nord, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, [email protected]@neuro.uni-luebeck.de
Kathrin Reetz
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Neuroimage Nord, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, [email protected]@neuro.uni-luebeck.de
Annabelle Blangero
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Neuroimage Nord, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, [email protected]@neuro.uni-luebeck.de UMR-S INSERM Unité 864 “Espace et Action”, 69676 Bron, France. [email protected]://www.neuro.uni-luebeck.de

Abstract

In the haptic domain, a double dissociation can be proposed on the basis of neurological deficits between tactile information for action, represented by tactile apraxia, and tactile information for perception, represented by tactile agnosia. We suggest that this dissociation comes from different networks, both involving the anterior intraparietal area of the posterior parietal cortex.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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